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      05-10-2014, 09:12 PM   #1
TDIwyse
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Drives: 2011 335d
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12.1 sec 115.2 mph quarter mile

This is with Ecotune's remap and downpipe and some of my custom stuff. Stock turbo's/intercooler.

A bit over a week ago this car dyno'd, with NO FANS blowing on it, peak 370 horsepower to the wheels and 538 lb-ft torque to wheels. On a stingy SuperFlow dyno with the biggest rollers they make so dually pickups can be strapped down and tested. Choose your drivetrain loss numbers to get back to engine/crank numbers, but using ~15% drivetrain loss would make things north of 435 hp at the crank...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=874

I don't particularly trust dyno's as they can be manipulated easily, and often over predict real world capability, and different dyno's will read different numbers for the same car. So I took the car back to God's Dyno ... the 1/4 mile.

Weather around here is hard to predict and schedule around. There was no chance of rain as of 6am this morning. But things didn't work out that way.

Weather history at the track location: http://www.wunderground.com/history/...yHistory.html?

Plugging those numbers in a DA calculator gives a Density Altitude of ~2100 ft. Very sub-par for good numbers...

First rain was ~30 mins before the racing was supposed to start. It takes them ~1 hr to re-prep the track after the rain ends. First passes started at 12:25. Was able to get 3 passes in before the next rain started. Had obligations late this afternoon so I headed out after the 3rd pull.

First pull I tried Hotrod's suggestion of 1st gear launch. It was a clown show even with the Hoosier DOT drag radials. Besides not having enough traction in 1st gear at the launch and spinning, the 2nd gear transition spun and kinda got the car a little off center for a moment ...

Second pull I went back to 2nd gear launch and used the water box. Even with a good burnout I spun the tires a lot on the launch. Too much boost/fueling at the start... But this run had the best trap speed of 115.9 mph!

Third pull was just ~30 seconds before the rain started again. Lowered the rear tire pressure to ~24 psi. Skipped the water box, did a quick burnout, and launched with less boost and didn't use full fueling until the car got going. Was just getting the hang of how to launch this thing...

Used the Torque App "Track Recorder" and have video as well overlaid with EGT's, boost, rpm and speed. Going to see if I can upload that to youtube if I have time today. Otherwise tomorrow.

Getting into the 11's is only a matter of having non sub-optimum conditions and getting a descent launch...

Took video using the Android Torque app's Track Recorder. Had it record EGT's, boost (it has to calculate it from other things...not direct measurement), and speed (the drag tires are a little bigger diameter than stock so the speed is off a tad). Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get the data displayed in the run from the raw video file. So I had to take a video of the playback of the Torque App Track Recorder to get the data to show up. I thought the EGT data was interesting considering how much power is being put to the wheels.



Got the raw video uploaded, but the data is not visible on this one. But the resolution is a lot better. You can also see the rain starting to hit the windshield right at the end.

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Last edited by TDIwyse; 05-11-2014 at 04:31 PM.. Reason: Updated with link to raw video
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